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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Anna Moyes" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <wupadp@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2017 13:19:04 +0100
Subject: BMW PROMOTIONS AND LOTTERY DRAW NOTIFICATION.

BMW PROMOTIONS AND LOTTERY DEPARTMENT
5070 WILSHIRE BLVD
LOS ANGELES. CA 90036
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.


NOTE: If you have received this message in your SPAM/BULK folder, Be informed that your email address is part of the email random selection in our computerized email selection system (ESS) from a database of over 500,000 email addresses which will drawn from all the continents of the world for a prize winning of a brand new 2016/2017 Model BMW 7 Series Car and a Check of $1,000,000.00 USD from our international balloting programs which will be held on this 3rd section in the United States of America.

Lucky Winners from each continent will be contacted and notified after the conclusion of the draw. Wish you the best of Luck on this final draw for the year 2017.

Mrs. Anna Moyes
Promotions Director
BMW Promotions and Lottery Department
United States Of America.
................................................ © BMW AG 2017

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